Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
An English and Tongan vocabulary, also a Tongan and English vocabulary, with a list of idiomatic phrases, and Tongan grammar
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Printed by Wilson and Horton
Place
Date
1897
Physical Description
131, 211, 42 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Tongan
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Public Access Text
AWMM copy inscribed on preliminary page: Presented to the Auckland Institute by the Author, Symmonds St, Aug. 16, 98. "Dedicated to my invalid and beloved daughter Beatrice, who, when I was attacked by bushrangers in Tonga, risked her own life for mine." --preface. Digitised and available via the Internet Archive, see link in this record.
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
"...Baker returned to Tonga in 1880, was immediately installed by Tupou as his premier and resigned from the Wesleyan ministry. Under his administration Tongan finances were reorganized, the land laws were revised and a National system of education was set up in competition with the Wesleyan system. A bitter dispute developed with the Wesleyans and in 1885 Baker established the Free Church, Wesleyan in doctrine but free from Australian control. The King ordered all Tongans to join the new church; those who refused were beaten by their chiefs and despoiled of their possessions..."--Australian Dictionary of Biography
**The rift in the Wesleyan Mission had Shirley Baker and James Moulton as rivals. Baker and his loyalists became known as Kau Tau'ataina. King Tupou I and Baker established Tonga College in 1882 with the creed 'Tonga maa Tonga.'
**In 1866 Moulton had opened a school at Nuku'alofa that was renamed Tupou College in 1869. Moulton loyalists became known as Kau Fakaongo.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
Language Description
English and Tongan
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